The five cloned monkeys with circadian rhythm disorders are seen in this Nov. 26, 2018, file photo released Thursday. China has cloned the five monkeys from a gene-edited macaque with circadian rhythm disorders, the first time multiple monkeys have been cloned from a gene-edited monkey for biomedical research. Scientists made the announcement Thursday, with two articles published in National Science Review, a top Chinese journal in English. The cloned monkeys were born in Shanghai at the Institute of Neuroscience of Chinese Academy of Sciences. (Story on P4)China News Service |